Category:Battle of Tarawa

Battle of Tarawa

battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands

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Location

Betio

Start time

20 November 1943

End time

23 November 1943

1° 25′ 36.84″ N, 172° 58′ 32.16″ E

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Q250309 Library of Congress authority ID: sh85132472 NKCR AUT ID: ph355389

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

M

► John H. Magruder III‎ (1 C, 1 F)

S

► Shibasaki Keiji‎ (2 F)

W

► With the Marines at Tarawa‎ (5 F)

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Battle of Tarawa

Media in category "Battle of Tarawa"

The following 111 files are in this category, out of 111 total.

10th-marines-tarawa-75mm-howitzer-M1.jpg 557 × 390; 56 KB
12 days in Tarawa - Day Eight DVIDS312879.jpg 1,848 × 2,784; 1.76 MB
12 Days In Tarawa - Day Five DVIDS310427.jpg 531 × 800; 466 KB
12 days in Tarawa - Day Five DVIDS312881.jpg 2,784 × 1,848; 2.57 MB
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5 Japanese POWs on Tarawa.JPEG 3,006 × 2,048; 874 KB
8-inch-japanese-gun-betio.jpg 640 × 387; 50 KB
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Abandoned M4 Sherman in the Republic of Kiribati.jpg 1,455 × 900; 429 KB
Assistant Secreatry Campbell Prepares to Lay a Wreath at the Battle of Tarawa Memorial (5885811661).jpg 2,100 × 1,575; 1.8 MB
Battle Tarawa Tank.jpg 1,742 × 1,190; 278 KB
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Castle Films 1943 Allies Chiefs Meet in Egypt, Battle of Tarawa.webm 9 min 29 s, 640 × 480; 55.35 MB
Cemetery at Tarawa.jpg 640 × 480; 81 KB
Coast Guard manned combat transport at Tarawa.jpg 640 × 480; 59 KB
Coast Guardsmen at Tarawa.jpg 640 × 480; 57 KB
Code talker on Tarawa, November 1943 (7973459298).jpg 1,418 × 1,077; 151 KB
Col David M. Shoup pictured in the field.jpg 633 × 499; 162 KB
Contemporary map-illustration of Battle of Tarawa 1943.png 978 × 1,174; 820 KB
Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldivers of VB-17 in flight over Tarawa Atoll, in November 1943.jpg 1,299 × 1,620; 977 KB
Ebb Tide, Tarawa.jpg 500 × 391; 62 KB
F6F launch USS Saratoga Tarawa 1943.jpg 1,765 × 1,395; 557 KB
Flamethrower in Tarawa jungle.jpg 2,965 × 2,469; 889 KB
Flamethrower768.jpg 718 × 600; 88 KB
Grave marker of William J. Bordelon, Jr.jpeg 2,668 × 2,079; 1.83 MB
Grave stone of Wiliam Deane Hawkins.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 4.7 MB
Hawkins Field Betio Tarawa March 1944.jpg 2,005 × 1,530; 485 KB
Japanese 14cm Guns on Tarawa, Pacific Ocean, 1943, WWII.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 1.77 MB
Japanesesuicide.jpg 1,496 × 851; 598 KB
Landings at Tarawa.jpg 640 × 480; 51 KB
LVT-2 2.jpg 324 × 325; 25 KB
Marine in action at Tarawa.JPEG 2,239 × 3,000; 1.04 MB
Marine Shoots on a Japanese Pill Box, Tarawa, November 1943 (10961873905).jpg 2,352 × 2,848; 691 KB
Marine with a Pin-Up Girl Picture, Tarawa, November 1943 (10962102833).jpg 2,360 × 2,843; 413 KB
Marine wounded at Tarawa being taken off in rubber boat.JPEG 3,000 × 2,400; 1.23 MB
Marines Advance on Japanese Pill Boxes, Tarawa, November 1943 (10962107133).jpg 2,843 × 2,349; 485 KB
Marines at Tarawa.jpg 640 × 480; 48 KB
Marines on Tarawa Island.jpg 640 × 480; 80 KB
Marines storm Tarawa.jpg 1,401 × 1,083; 212 KB
Marines take cover behind seawall at Red Beach no. 3, Tarawa.JPEG 3,000 × 2,432; 1.04 MB
Marines wounded are towed out on rubber boats.jpg 640 × 480; 45 KB
Navy doctor bandages a head.jpg 640 × 480; 76 KB
Pacific war US Propaganda Leaflet "Where is the Imperial Navy?"(Back).jpg 703 × 1,610; 197 KB
Pacific war US Propaganda Leaflet "Where is the Imperial Navy?"(front).jpg 693 × 1,603; 184 KB
Search for remains of a marine from the battle of Tarawa (1943).jpg 1,000 × 664; 1.06 MB
Second wave at Tarawa.jpg 640 × 480; 81 KB
Sign on Tarawa.jpg 396 × 480; 40 KB
Soldiers and supplies on the Tarawa beach.jpg 640 × 480; 88 KB
Tank at Tarawa.jpg 697 × 436; 42 KB
Tarawa 1943.jpg 1,440 × 987; 306 KB
Tarawa aerial view 24 Nov 1943.jpg 2,701 × 1,985; 1.39 MB
Tarawa Atoll aerial photo Sept 1943.jpg 1,447 × 1,842; 942 KB
Tarawa beach after the fight.jpg 640 × 480; 108 KB
Tarawa beach HD-SN-99-03001.JPEG 3,000 × 2,425; 1.23 MB
Tarawa sign HD-SN-99-02856.JPG 2,407 × 3,000; 1.12 MB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-1 (21464728650).jpg 1,363 × 1,049; 235 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-10 (21652647195).jpg 1,352 × 1,067; 253 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-11 (21465823679).jpg 1,371 × 1,064; 303 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-12 (21626585966).jpg 1,348 × 1,071; 174 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-13 (21464821518).jpg 1,360 × 1,053; 332 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-14 (21652646015).jpg 1,349 × 1,043; 365 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-15 (21031644153).jpg 1,363 × 1,085; 335 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-16 (21626584176).jpg 1,355 × 1,099; 353 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-17 (21661780631).jpg 1,386 × 1,065; 343 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-18 (21464819618).jpg 1,318 × 1,064; 253 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-19 (21464728930).jpg 1,389 × 1,052; 286 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-2 (21652650185).jpg 1,337 × 1,053; 261 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-20 (21464723390).jpg 1,319 × 1,045; 166 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-3 (21626589236).jpg 1,365 × 1,087; 332 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-4 (21029986174).jpg 1,348 × 1,095; 127 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-5 (21031647633).jpg 1,377 × 1,034; 387 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-6 (21464726770).jpg 1,331 × 1,039; 286 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-7 (21465824929).jpg 1,373 × 1,069; 254 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-8 (21029984384).jpg 1,333 × 1,078; 162 KB
Tarawa USMC Photo No. 2-9 (21661783621).jpg 1,359 × 1,052; 387 KB
Tarawa, South Pacific, 1943 by Sergeant Tom Lovell.jpg 600 × 367; 42 KB
Tarawa.jpg 3,000 × 2,370; 938 KB
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The sands of bloody Tarawa, where the Coast Guard landed marines.jpg 2,707 × 2,039; 1.36 MB
US Base tents Betio Tarawa 1943.jpg 2,005 × 1,530; 547 KB
Use of the Reserve.jpg 427 × 296; 71 KB
USMC Second Marine Division, Tarawa beachhead; Mike Segal looking over shoulder.jpg 800 × 654; 407 KB
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USMC-M-Tarawa-p36.jpg 640 × 363; 51 KB
Victory on Tarawa.jpg 640 × 480; 213 KB
Battle of Tarawa, Prisoners. - NARA - 532519.tif 3,000 × 2,347; 6.72 MB
Graves of U.S. Marines who died taking Tarawa, before headstones were prepared. In background are the first tents put... - NARA - 520722.jpg 2,700 × 2,700; 1.99 MB
Graves of U.S. Marines who died taking Tarawa, before headstones were prepared. In background are the first tents put... - NARA - 520722.tif 2,700 × 2,700; 6.95 MB
Grim humor on Tarawa - NARA - 520984.jpg 2,700 × 2,700; 1.51 MB
Grim humor on Tarawa - NARA - 520984.tif 2,700 × 2,700; 6.95 MB
Marines storm Tarawa. Gilbert Islands. - NARA - 532517.tif 3,000 × 2,398; 6.86 MB
Marines take cover behind a sea wall on Red Beach ^3, Tarawa. - NARA - 532385.tif 3,000 × 2,437; 6.97 MB
Marines wounded during the landing on Tarawa are towed out on rubber boats by their buddies to larger vessels that... - NARA - 532360.tif 3,000 × 2,430; 6.95 MB
Sign on Tarawa illustrates Marine humor and possible lack of optimism as to duration of war. - NARA - 520987.jpg 2,700 × 2,700; 1.16 MB
Sign on Tarawa illustrates Marine humor and possible lack of optimism as to duration of war. - NARA - 520987.tif 2,700 × 2,700; 6.95 MB
Sprawled bodies on beach of Tarawa, testifying to ferocity of the struggle for this stretch of sand. - NARA - 520625.tif 3,000 × 2,464; 7.05 MB
Taking the slim protection that a blasted tree affords, this Marine picks-off the Japanese in a pill box. A Japanese... - NARA - 532518.tif 2,238 × 3,000; 6.4 MB

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